Ellsworth Community College - Web Yearbook (Iowa Falls, IA)

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JW' me Q T' We 'aj' I ' ,H 'S V., W, 3-1, 'f Till i 5lElfl'l1liHlSilFLa Then spoke: It is a mystery to me, If we serve punch, how to apportion it. I mean just this: How can we set a limit? That's right, agreed young Cupid's timid voice. 'Tm told that at a time one of Vulcan's boys Drank five large glasses and was very sick. It served him right, that was an unfair trick. We warned him when he went, to careful beg But you know boys, ahead they cannot see. CThis last remark was from sweet Venus' tongue, Who of them all is best loved by the young.j Now just one other word of explanation: This wasn't the gods' usual aggregation, Because the music faculty was there, All but Vulcan, for whom they saved a chair. Said rosy Hebe: VVhat I still can't see Is how to keep them from imbibing freely. She sat by fair Diana, of the moon, Both planning how to leave that meeting soon, For each had several lessons yet to give And the ordeal had yet two hours to live. fOur hero enters: so you must take care To get a look at him both fair and squarej Now all of this time he was sitting there A quiet man who occupied a chair Beside the table, where he read and read, Apparently not heeding what was said. He marked his place, and then spoke up in haste, As though he hadn't any time to waste: To give it to them, why not use a straw? CThe gods were all struck dumb, as though with awe Said timid Hebe, who admired the man: 'iAnd can we thus the difficulty span? I beg your pardon, but it seems to me To get too much would very easy be. The stranger then looked up to speak again, Keeping his place at page one hundred ten: Easy-of course 'tis easy-but-ahem! All we need do is put a meter on 'em! For just one moment startled silence held, Then like a mighty forest monarch felled They surged and thundered 'round the herds head, Assuring him he'd been divinely led, Till from the racket he was nearly mad, ' Sn that he had to plead, in accents sad: Oh, I say now, won't some one make a motion To stop this dreadful hubbub and commotion ? They settled then, and Hercules the strong Rose up at their request and spoke both long And earnestly about the debt they owed To him who thus the way out simply showed. I'm sure, he said, a vote of thanks he'll earn, And closed this taleg I move that we adjourn. ' 60